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Buy From SwimOutlet Holiday Sale & Support CVST!   When yiou purchase anything, all year long, including this Holiday Season, and you do it through the CVST/SwimOutlet Portal, you Support CVST!  SwimOutlet.com makes a donation back to CVST on every purchase!  While visiting the SwimOutlet Holiday Shop, also be sure to check out their  12 Days of Holiday Deals !      

CVST/Five Below Fundraiser All This Week CVST is holding a Spirit Week Fundraising Event, all this week, December 11-18th, with Five Below, in Carrollwood (next to the Walmart on Dale Mabry).  Five Below will be donating 10% of the total dollars spent by CVST Swimmers, Parents, Families, Alumni, Friends and anyone else who shops there that week and turns in a CVST Spirit Week Flyer   at checkout.  Don't worry, if you don't have your flyer with your, the cashier at checkout should have an extra flyer for you.  ...

CVST Team Holiday Party Info  

Meet Information Letter Released for 2017 Boys & Girls Club National Swimming Championships   Host Carrollwood Village Swim Team (CVST) has released the 2017 Meet Information Letter for the 2017 Boys & Girls Club National Swimming Championships, to be held April 7-9, at the Northshore Aquatic Complex, in St. Petersburg, Florida.  The Entry Deadline for this year's event is March 16, 2017.  The Events File will be posted in the next week or so.  The Information Letter and and more are all available at CVST.org  and the Meet Page.  

CVST Team Pictures Have Arrived   Hey #CVST- Team Pictures are in! Check your CVST Mail Box at the pool! #SuperStars #SmilePretty #FunnestTeam    

Coaching From The Stands Is Confusing For Athletes   Kevin Eastman (@kevineastman) is Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Clippers. For the 2013-2014 season, he served as assistant coach under PCA National Advisory Board Member Doc Rivers and served as Rivers’ assistant for nine years with the Celtics, including their 2007-2008 NBA Championship season. Kevin also continues his long relationship with Nike as the national director of Nike’s skill development programs for elite high school and college players, and he is owner and president of Kevin Eastman...

4 Tips On How To Be A Great Swim Parent We try our best at swim parenting and I don’t know a single swim parent who wants to be the reason our kids get stressed or want to quit. My worst mistakes came early on when I was too focused on times and compared my kids to their teammates. I had very little knowledge about swimming and how it’s an ongoing process. It took me years to realize the many benefits my kids gained such as goal setting, learning to...

CCC - Christmas Kids Club Offered Nightly, December 12-23rd Reservations Now Being Accepted at 813-961-1368!  

USADA Update   Athletes! DMAA  still being sold in supplements even though FDA clarified it's not a legitimate dietary ingredient. Different laws apply to both Food & Supplements. Learn more  about the differences between energy & sports drinks.

The Short Term Benefits of Working Hard at Practice   The long term benefits of training hard in the pool are easy to list off: Working hard in the pool means you are better prepared to swim faster when the next big meet comes around. Working hard develops a mental toughness that can only be developed through experience and facing adversity. Working hard in the pool consistently over stretches of time will make you more fit, more fast and more better looking than the competition. But in a culture of...